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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Hacre:
This is weird I tested both updates before announcing them. I wonder if we have a bad mirror...

Try redownloading the updates in the OTA updater. Otherwise you can flash yourself, just copy the file from /sdcard/villainromupdater/updates/ into the root of your sdcard and enter recovery manually (Power on + HOME) and Flash zip from SDcard.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] maddog497:
Thanks for the lesson, lol.

I tried and then gave up. I wiped everything and started over.

Now please don't laugh to hard when I tell you that there are "2" updates......

Apparently I only updated the first one (INCR: akmd loop....)as I never checked to see if there was another one called Voice search/dial fix. WOW stupid is as stupid does.

Anyways I hope no one got hurt falling of their chairs laughing at me. :o

I have tested and can confirmed my voice input now works.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] xerxesz:
Manually worked. Just rebooting. I am wondering what could be the issue before....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stormfury_2:
The size of the file D/L from OTA updater is 30KB smaller when inspected to what it should be (according to the updater it should be 50KB) will try again. Thanks.

EDIT: Actually may be wrong about that can't remember where I got my numbers from.

EDIT 2: Ok so flashing manually worked fine. However unrelated to this (was happening prior to flashing) the radio 63.18.55.06PH_6.35.15.14 seems to have death grip issues :( I can from full strength HSPA to half 3G to zero just by holding the device. Very odd, may even make a video just to prove it. Anyone else noticed any odd behavior like this. Also using GSM auto (PRL) via phone testing menu tried it with other settings (WCDMA as default) but still the same hmm.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Hacre:
I'll be honest and say that the 50KB file size is something we type in and I guesstimated it. Could well be a bit smaller once zipped up.

The OTA updater does an md5 check on the downloaded file. So long as it doesn't complain about that and the signature check doesn't fail during manual install you should be fine.

I'll keep an eye out for that strange update failure.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Chinese Input Method for FroydVillain

I have posted the IME for FroydVillain to work with Chinese support at http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=2408
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] DeadlyDazza:
Hmm, just did a full wipe and installed.

Spent an hour restoring apps with Titanium and no market links ??

Other than that (which i'm sure someone has an answer for) it's a great rom, i came from Villain 12.0

Don't think i'll ever flash a rom that isn't Villain.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
LMAO :-D

best answer I could have gotten, cheers dude :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
I've found that since the first froyo rom for hero, same exact issue.

but for me .11 also does it, maybe not so dramatically, but it does it.

what IS a working radio for froyo builds? every single froyo rom has inferior radio performance on my phone compared to sense roms (can't say about vanilla 2.1 roms as I'm on the fence there - they may have the issue too, maybe not, I just can't remember for sure now so will withhold judgemnet there).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] LooieENG:
I just tried installing it (twice)

Did a Nandroid backup first, full wipe, dalvik wipe, battery wipe, rotate wipe, flashed the ROM, and it showed the Hero screen after a reboot, but then just went blank. had to take battery out to do anything

Then I turned it back on, but wiped it and restored Nandroid as I was scared of doing something to my phone
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Hacre:
Try reading the thread. During first install the dexopt process by dalvik takes longer than the boot animation so the boot animation ends, leaving a black screen.

You can determine what is going on by running adb logcat.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rafi300:
Any update on Camera and Camcorder and a fix ?

Just this minor glitch is hanging all Froyo ROMs from being perfect as a daily user ROM.

On VR12, just waiting for this fix.. than FroyoVillan here I come... :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Feeyo:
The Camera issue will stay like this until we have a new kernel (minimum 2.6.32) that supports the new features from MediaFramework in Froyo. It uses a technique to boost the camera with 10 FPS more then the Android 2.1 API 7 roms.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Yep. It ain't gonna be fixed quickly. This one will take some time...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stormfury_2:
In reply to Dkelly, this is the first time I've had radio issues and have used both sense and vanilla builds of 2.1 but I'm 90% sure this is a software problem between froyo and the radio and hope its solved when an update is available
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gli8600:
Hi, any chance to allow us to choose between the 3d gallery and the basic gallery? The default 3d gallery is way toooooooo slow. Also is it possible to include "camera magic" in the rom so we don't have to download it from market (users like me need to install market enabler to see the app)

I think these 2 things put a lot of people off.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
you can install an alternative free gallery app from the market such as "multi touch gallery" or "just pictures!", both of which are good. I prefer the first one (which installs as "b&b gallery" oddly enough), some prefer the 2nd one.

and yes, camera magic can sometimes work with any of these froyo roms. it IS unstable and unreliable under froyo though, and far from great quality with froyo.

I actually prefer the picture quality and stability of the stock froyo camera even though there is no preview.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] :
It's not up to us about including apps, and we would need to get the developer to agree to it.

I disagree that using the market would put people off, even if it meant installing market enabler. I know plenty of people from around the world, who use market access on their phone to get access to what google effectively denied them.

Also, we try and avoid market apps in roms, since it's easier to upgrade them via the market, and makes sure you get the latest version.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] midoriconcept:
Hi. Runnin 1.0.0 . Even if I manually refresh the Villain rom updater I get no updates found. doing something wrong?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] xerxesz:
Needs to do the upgrade to 1.1.0 manually.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Hacre:
Yes and I bolded what it is.

Fixed.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] samirdesai:
I got different error on applying this OTA.

Error : "E: Signature did not matched. Instllation aborted."

Did any one got same error ? I used Clockmod recovery, Should I use RA recovery to apply this OTA ?

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Hacre:
Sounds like a bad download. Grab it again.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Only Amon-RA is officially supported by the OTA app.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] samirdesai:
OTA Updater didn't work

I got different error on applying this OTA.

Error : "E: Signature did not matched. Instllation aborted."

Did any one got same error ? I used Clockmod recovery, Should I use RA recovery to apply this OTA ?

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] samirdesai:
Thanks Lenny. Tried again with RA recovery and successfully updated OTA.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Tetsuo75:
Thanks for the tip Hacre/Ninpo, I am just wondering if Idewiss resolved the problem of battery drains by applying OTA. I have since moved back to a 2.1 build but I will be sure to run this OTA to get it(FroydVillain) up again soon :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arj03:
Everything runs great!

I wish there was Danish dictionary included, but I've moved to the HTC IME which has danish so it's ok.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rustynuts34:
Not sure if I have missed something but can't get rid of my voicemail icon but a nice rom

thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vlefevre86:
Any news on this matter? It really is an issue, one that I've been having on almost every froyo ROM...

I'm used to listen to music while playing, and it went pretty fine on VR12 for instance, but since froyo, it has become really sluggish and battery consuming... I mean, even web surfing while playing music is a pain, the CPU seems to go crazy, and the battery is sucked like never (30% for 45 minutes of music playing, even when doing nothing else).

I've done Ninpo's hint to enhance battery live (full down, wipe, charging while off) a few times, but it doesn't seem to be related, really...

Edit : Ho, and I'm up to date with Froyd, I have the fixed akmd ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sunilchand:
Any chance of getting global copy paste like in villainROM 12.0.0 browser?(only this time a global. Implementation. Not sure if that's even possible.

Voice search is working well and is it just me or is it actually easier to type on the stock android keyboard?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Hacre:
There is already a global copy/paste. Long press in any text feel.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
joyland bounce

this might sound obscure LoL, but my kids LOVE this paid game. it's actually a really well made game that relies on the rotation of the phone to fly a little guy around in 2d cartoon space and collect things in a pretty little world to move through progressively difficult maps.

It's broken under froyd (and, in case this is relevant, under cronos froyo).

It suffers from EXACTLY the same issue as the built in 3d gallery. when the game starts it rotates to landscape (out of user control unlike 3d gallery). As soon as that happens, the same landscape visual bug is there. weird scanlines, multiple ghost images, completely unusable.

So I bring it up for two reasons - the kids love joyland bounce, it's a paid app I actually own so I have all of like $2 or so invested in this hahaha, but most of all it's symptoms being the same as gallery 3d make me wonder if that could be slightly helpful information for developers.

Probably not though since I'm assuming this is a closed source game.

whatever, worth posting anything odd, right?

Cheers :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ldawidss:
I tried on vanilla 5.0 (android 2.1) and similar CPU settings and it consumes circa 10% of the battery for an hour of music listening on headset. So it's the froyo kernel as I can imagine. :( pity cause I really liked FroydVillain 1.1.1 but until that is resolved, there is no point except for testing purposes.

Anyone tried other Froyo releases?

BTW. anyone knows how to use the keyboard from Froyd in android 2.1 ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vlefevre86:
Yeah, I think it's Froyo too, as I had a similar battery issue on CM6 test0 and alpha0, and the few nightlies that I tried... Didn't try neither Fusion! nor Cronos Froyo though...

I really don't want to go back to 2.1, as I really like Froyo's few enhancements (keyboard, gmail, talk, market...) but VE 5 seems awesome, and I'm listening to a lot of music, and my battery really doesn't like that... Pity, yes, cause Froyd is almost perfect...

And I don't think the stock android keyboard from 2.2 can be ported over to 2.1 :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] midoriconcept:
Revert to stock Keyboard

Hi,

I have changed the settings of the keyboard to the HTC_IME, and I would like to revert back to the Android Stock, but I cannot find the settings?

Do you know where it is?

Francesco.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] xerxesz:
I tried the same. And stucked with the HTC as well. But managed to get back.

Go to Settings / Applications / Manage applications / Running

Search for the HTC_IME, click on it and click Clear data. After this I got the 'stock' Froyo keyboard back.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Logmein does this too fwiw. It's a common bug, caused by some sort of graphics framework. Hopefully we will get it figured out some time, but I don't know what the exact cause is (it's been explained to me, but i keep forgetting :P)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] maddog497:
Third day for running this ROM......(that is a record for me, lol)

It is stable and doing everything I need in a phone and much more. As such I donated to show my appreciation.

Thanks again, for both the ROM and the support.

Jim
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rakig:
Updated to 1.1.1 this morning from 1.1.0 (data and dalvic-cache wipe first), and applied OTA updates.

Not sure if the OTA updates caused this, or the update, but downloading from the market doesn't always work (freezes at 1%, doesn't start, or stops midway through) and the apps don't install. I found the apk's downloaded in the download directory (download-6 and download-8) and installed them fine, so it did download them after a few retries
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
I just tried adding a comment in the market to an app I'd just updated. upon submit the market app FCd.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aghero:
hi, so froydvillain installation it's ok but he freeze and battery make warm...why?

after installation from sd card i do a full wipe with recovery custom 1.6.2a
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Have you installed all the OTA updates available from the updater app yet?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aghero:
I can't it's freezes after few seconds of use...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Hacre:
Are you overclocking?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aghero:
is not overclocked, i wipe all after installing froydvillain, i come from cyanogenmod 5.0.8, i realized that cyanogen rom has a overclocked kernel to 576 Mhz instead of 528(normally hero cpu)..so i try froydvillain or villainrom 12 i have always freezes
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
just to confirm, I've even made this mistake recently as a slip up and I've flashed probably 80 roms.

did you wipe data, cache, dalvik, and ext?

depending on if you use amon-ra or clockwork recovery you'll get various combinations of those, in clockwork dalvik is in a submenu under advanced (I think, if memory serves), so sometimes it's not obvious.

strange things happen if you don't do that, or thought you did but missed one click.

otherwise, I'm getting concerned about your actual phone hardware.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aghero:
i wipe all first installing froydvillain or villainrom 12 or cyanogenmod last release but the problem starts with cyanogenmod oc kernel at 576Mhz instead normally frequncy at 528Mhz and my device battery warm and self power off...my custom recovery version is amonra 1.6.2a, hboot is 1.76.0007....what should I do i'm crazy :confused::(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
That is weird. Ignoring the possibility of hardware issues, did you flash the ota updates for FroydVillain 1.1.1? I am now getting a full day out my phone with 70% remaining.

Also, did you set up your overclock settings, as you can under clock in sleep.

This does seem strange though. Could you go through your oc settings etc and post them so we can see if anything is amiss
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] UbuntuBhoy:
What app are you using to overclock? Have you set on demand or performance.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aghero:
i try again to install now froydvillain rom....first wipe all .....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aghero:
don't use any application...with froydvillain it's freezes at main home after few seconds....with cyanogenmod 5.0.8/1.3.6 rom it's self power off and heats the battery of my hero and i must remove the battery to turn it on...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Sjoerdos:
How do i know if the ota updates are installed? I downloaded them and installed them, i saw it in the recovery, but when i open the villain ota update app i can download and install them again, does this mean they weren't installed?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 0ftal:
Do i need to make an ext partition before flashing this ROM so that A2SD would work?

please answer quickly, i want to flash this ROM asap..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] UbuntuBhoy:
I would suggest you install your stock recovery image to make sure your hero its working correctly and then flash one rom to see if your problem persists.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
the information is on villainrom.co.uk
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
You are best to do this, but Android app 2 as will still work without ext
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
I'm pretty concerned your phone is not working right. There's a plain rooted update.zip over at the site, which you can flash.

That gives you a pure version of the htc release of 2.1. See if you have any further issues there.

I've been running FroydVillain for about two weeks on my phone, and there are no issues with it, so I'm wondering if something is up with your phone.

Particularly if it happens across different roms...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Tapp1:
I had a huge battery drain issue, but it was fixed by the OTA updates. (loving the possibility of OTA updates by the way)

Now my battery is better than in 2.1 rom's, now I can get through a day easily.

I'll try calibrating my battery later today to see if I could get it even better ;)

Thanks everyone!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fraz1776:
How do you go about calibrating the battery?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] faisaliqbal:
I'd like to know that too!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
There is a slight limitation in this app, if the OTA changes your version number i.e. 1.1.2 etc etc then you will not see that update once its installed, however for optional updates we can't do this (as then everyone would have to install and it removed the option) so the ota app always sees it.

It uses the version number to search for available updates, there is no way for it to tell what you have flashed and not flashed.

So you will just have to remember :) there is not normally many "optional" updates at one particular time so not many for you to remember from.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cruzler:
Hi all,

Where can i found Mobile Network settings for my 3G connection, on FroydVillain 1.1.1? Cause i can't find it in Settings.. is this bug? Does anyone have a clue how to fix this?

Thanks..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
your post on villainrom.co.uk has two replies already.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] faisaliqbal:
Yeah that isn't a problem, just wanted to be sure in case the updates didn't get installed properly like what happened to few users who had to manually flash them [though they encountered errors].

Thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Yes I am one of the few who can't for whatever reason use the OTA to autoflash
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mainstreamer:
Can anyone tell me how i install LauncherPro plus v0.7.1.0?

I tried installing, but i get the message that it's a system app, and can't be reinstalled or something -> installation failes.

Any idea's?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cruzler:
Yes sir, i already read it, n reply it. thanks..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BeelzeM:
The only problem I have right now with this besides the very few known issues is the Dutch dictionary of the stock 2.2 keyboard. I just love that keyboard, it's so smooth and no lag at all. But it has no Dutch dictionary, also a lot of other languages are missing. It doesn't say 'Dictionary available' when I try to select my language.

It was available in other builds of AOSP I believe. Any chance implementing these dictionaries to Froyd?

Cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 0ftal:
Any fix for the accelerometer?

This ROM is great, and that's the only thing that annoys my right now =/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Yeah, use the VillainROM updater to install the two available updates :) That will fix accelerometer and the speech recognition issue.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] android4me:
Hi nprussell,

contacts can be imported from SIM, but are not shown in the address book. Am i doing something wrong or is this a bug?

Best regards

Now i found out how to do it: in the Contacts app: Menu->display options->open Google Account->check: all other contacts
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
just wanted to comment that one of my favorite android features is the integrated google contacts so I'm gradually replacing all of my sim contacts with google ones. In the future I won't have to worry about sim card contents any more - woohoo! :-)

imho sim cards are an evil way to store user contacts. I hope they die away soon.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Google contacts is definitely the way to go, and its usable on most smart-phones now-adays too.

Get a new android, or wipe and install a new rom, new sim card etc etc, log in and 2 minutes latter you have all your contacts without any fuss.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
well, yes: 2 minutes unless you use google backup/restore as I do, then it's more like 45 minutes after first boot because system settings seem to be first restore action **, then simultaneous gmail + applist reinstallation, then finally google contacts.

but yea, it's uber-nice :-)

** and I WISH google would auto-enable wifi at the start of google-auto-restore if it restores any wifi access point information... I always have to remember to enable wifi quickly upon flashing a new rom or I'll have dataplan usage from hell
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] riemervdzee:
Where can I find the kernel sources?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zombman:
Hi, still love this rom (froyd 1.0.0)..i tryed to upgade to 1.1.1, but it did not boot. full wipe i did (perhaps i need to clean th sd-card). but why i need to flash the newer version, everything is running fine (fixed galery and phone touch).. is battery the only, wich works better than in 1.0

0? Found nothing else, wich isnt working for me? Is it better to wait, for me?

greetz

Zombman
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
wow. that question was already asked a few times in this thread and the answer posted by a VR member each time.

please read the whole thread, or at least search.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] maddog497:
Not sure if I have a problem with an app or my phone? I use ring toggle to quickly change between ring and vibrate. When I choose vibrate only it doesn't? If I choose vibrate and ring it does vibrate?

Anyone else having this.

Thanks

Jim
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Feeyo:
Where are the kernel sources Villain uses with ninpo's changes? I would like to have a look at them as under the GPL license.:cool:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
You'll need to give ninpo a shout, as I can't remember the URL. It's on some code sharing website though IIRC
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nycz1977:
3g connection after calls

Hello!did anybody notice with rom 1.1.1 long time we have to wait(2-3min) for restoring 3g connection after calls?I try with the 1.1.0 and its much more quicker then 1.1.1.:confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RyanEmm:
Yes i did, I tether a lot and for me the onnection takes a few minutes to come back so that I can keep surfing the web.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] orangeclanz:
been running 5 days..the best froyo rom for me. thanks again Villain Team.please keep it up.

btw..is that possible to configure the setting in "CAR HOME", would like to pointing "Navigate" in Car Home to my "Brut-Navigate"? anyone ? thanks

Wonder next release will improve the battery life? That d only issue for me with this rom. But ofcoz, i can live with that.

As im running CM6 before this, its can stand for 3 days with normal usage. But i only got 1 1/2 day max with FroydVillain

But still the best froyo rom out there for me.. :)

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] orangeclanz:
Its happen to me sometimes. But most were Eclair rom,